Recent Pets Blog | Animal Folktales PostsAnimal Folktales: Drakestailby Aimee Amodio18 May 2008 05:35 PMThis is a special story for me -- when I was in sixth grade, I took part in a storytelling workshop at my local library. Of the kids at my library who participated, I was chosen to go and tell my story again at the main branch of the county library system. Animal Folktales: The Greedy Monkeyby Aimee Amodio17 May 2008 05:32 PMThere are many variations of this folktale out there... but this is the version I remember. Stories tend to grow and change and evolve as they are told -- that's part of the wonder of the oral tradition. A hunter set out a simple trap: a glass bottle filled halfway with berries. Have You Heard the One About the Boy and the Penguin?by Courtney Mroch05 Mar 2008 10:17 AMNot too long ago my husband told me an outrageous story a co-worker had told him about a boy who smuggled a penguin out of an aquarium in his backpack. He swore up and down the story was true, and he believed it was, but I wasn't falling for it. The Dog Days of Summer: Why Dogs Take the Heat for the Heatby Courtney Mroch03 Jul 2007 09:44 PMAt the start of every month I consult lists scattered across the web to compile what I call my daily/weekly/monthly celebrations list. The Easter Bunny: One Giving Rabbitby Courtney Mroch08 Apr 2007 12:13 PMWho is the Easter Bunny? We know he keeps good company with the likes of Santa Claus, and we know he brings baskets of goodies to kids at Easter. Candlemas and Groundhog Day: Folkloric Originsby Courtney Mroch02 Feb 2007 12:11 PMBefore there was Candlemas, there was Imbolc, a pagan ceremony celebrating the halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Celtic beliefs held that during this time certain animals had special powers, such as forecasting the weather. The Old Woman at the End of Timeby Aimee Amodio22 Jan 2007 06:25 PMSome Native American legends speak of a very old woman who lives at the End of the World. Because she is so very old, she moves very slowly. She spends day and night working at a gigantic loom, weaving an enormous blanket. On her campfire, she keeps a great pot of sweet berry soup bubbling away. How the Stars Got Into the Skyby Aimee Amodio15 Jan 2007 06:24 PMHave you heard the tales of the Native American trickster, Coyote? Sometimes Coyote is a helper and sometimes he is not, but he is always interesting. This is a tale of Coyote and how the stars got into the sky. A long time ago, when the world was young, there were no stars in the sky. Rudolph: Fun Facts About Santa's Red-Nosed Reindeerby Courtney Mroch24 Dec 2006 09:10 PM"You know Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen. But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?" It's precious few who haven't heard of Rudolph. There's More Than One Way To Skin A Cat: Ugh!by Marjorie Dorfman16 Jul 2006 07:18 AMDoes this idiomatic expression have anything to do with the cat having nine lives? After all, to lose one's skin is a serious proposition and difficult to recover from even if we are dealing with a creature as resourceful and intelligent as a cat. Recent Blog Comments Michele Cheplic says... "I was wondering when this was going to happen." |
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